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This important final report of the War Relocation Authority, written in 1946 and now released in book form with a comprehensive introduction by Edward H. Spicer, describes the growth and changes in the community life and how attitudes of Japanese-American relocatees and WRA administrators evolved, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906-1983 (Author), Hansen, Asael T. (Author), Luomala, Katherine (Author), Opler, Marvin K. (Marvin Kaufmann), 1914-1981 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Segregation.
Internment camps > United States.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Ségrégation.
Camps d'internement > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine japonaise > Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945.
Internment camps
Segregation
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue. The process of scapegoating ; A west coast dilemma ; The evacuated people
  • Moving in. Impact of the relocation centers ; The administrative staff ; Evacuee and caucasian ; Work and wages ; A world of rumor ; The blocks: foundations of community life ; Community cross currents ; The outside ; Crises
  • Being sorted. Registration-a new crisis ; An emerging framework of community life ; The sorting ; Fruits of segregation
  • Settling down. Programs-government and evacuee ; Evacuee orientations ; Stabilization of staff-evacuee relations ; The center way of life ; Tule Lake ; Disintegrating factors-the war and resettlement
  • Getting out. Holding the centers ; The stake in America ; Disintegration of the centers ; Confusion at Tule Lake
  • Epilogue. The journey continued ; The journey back ; Discontinuities and continuities.

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